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Pronouns are words which are used in a sentence to refer to people and things
without naming them. Pronouns make statements less repetitive.

Read the following examples:

G Mr. Sunil Sharma is the Principal of our school. G He is a great player.

G All the students respect him .

Types of Pronouns

There are mainly five types of pronouns.

Personal Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns Interrogative Pronouns

Demonstrative Pronouns Possessive Pronouns

G Personal pronouns are used when referring to yourself, the people you are
talking to or the people or things you are talking about.

Pronouns like ,I we , you , he , she , him , her , , it they , them are personal pronouns.

Personal Pronoun

Nominative Case Objective–Accusative Case Possessive Case

Ist PERSON
Singular – I me mine
Plural – we us ours

2nd PERSON

Singular – you you yours
Plural – you you yours

him his
3rd PERSON
Singular – he, she, it her hers
Plural – they its its
their theirs

G A reflexive pronoun is used to show that the object of the verb is the same

,
,
,
person/thing as the subject. Pronouns like myself yourself himself herself ,
ourselves and themselves are reflexive pronouns.
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